Panel Beater

Motability Operations; Swepstone; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

Pension scheme

28 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Car salary sacrifice

Life assurance

Employee discount

Job summary

Motability Operations is seeking an experienced Panel Beater for our refurbishment centre in Coalville, on a permanent basis. This high-volume site uses modern repair equipment to deliver right-first-time results.

You'll repair panels, prime and prepare for paint, and perform dent removal using up-to-date methods, working on-site five days a week. A full UK driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum criteria: Panel repair / accident repair experience.
• Panel prep and priming experience.
• Experience using dent pulling equipment (desirable).
• Full UK driving licence (manual).

Responsibilities

• Repairing damaged panels to a high standard.
• Preparing and priming panels ready for paint.
• Carrying out panel straightening and dent removal.
• Using modern repair methods and equipment.

Skills

Panel repair

Accident repair

Priming

Dent pulling

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Description

Motability Operations are currently recruiting for an experienced Panel Beater to join our busy, state-of-the-art refurbishment centre in Coalville on a permanent basis.

This is a high-volume site with consistent work (no downtime or waiting for jobs), working on a modern vehicle fleet using the latest repair equipment and materials.

What you'll be doing:

Repairing damaged panels to a high standardPreparing and priming panels ready for paintCarrying out panel straightening and dent removalUsing modern repair methods and equipmentDelivering right-first-time repairs to reconditioning standardsDue to the nature of this role we will require you on-site in Coalville 5-days per week.

Package

Up to £39,000 basic salaryBonus up to 15%15% pension contributionHours:45 hours per week9-hour shifts between 06:30 - 18:00Shift patterns discussed at interview

Qualifications

We are a diverse business looking for a panel technician, with a passion for the automotive industry that puts quality at the beginning of every process. Your keen eye and technical knowledge will ensure that vehicles within the cosmetic teams are accurately repaired to Motability standards. Proficient in using the latest methods, we are looking for someone who enjoys working in a dynamic environment, collaborating with your team to achieve goals.

Minimum criteria:Panel repair / accident repair experiencePanel prep and priming experienceExperience using dent pulling equipment (desirable)Full UK driving licence (manual)

Benefits

Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry-free mobility solutions to over 700,000 customers and their families across the UK. Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They represent ambition, and we look for our people to live and breathe them every day:

We find solutionsWe drive changeWe care

As a Motability Operations team member, the benefits you can expect are:

Competitive reward package including an annual discretionary bonus15% non-contributory pension (9% non-contributory pension during probation period)28 days annual leave with option to purchase and sell daysFree fresh fruit and snacks in the office1 day for volunteeringFunded Private Medical Insurance coverElectric/Hybrid Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme and Cycle to Work SchemeLife assurance at 4 times your basic salary to give you a peace of mind that your loved ones will receive some financial helpFunded health screening for over 50sVoluntary benefits: charitable giving, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, health and cancer screenings for you and your partner, discounted gym memberships and season ticket loansEmployee Discount Scheme with an app to save on the goFree access to healthcare apps such as Peppy, Unmind, Aviva Digital GP and volunteering app on Hand for all employeesGenerous family leave policies

At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they're rewarded equally, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

Please note, Motability Operations reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist.